Alexandria Ocasio Cortez thought he was going to lose his life during the assault on the Capitol

Washington dc – Puerto Rican Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio Cortez revealed last night that in the midst of the assault on the Capitol by mobs of supporters of President Donald Trump there was a time when he thought he was going to lose his life.

“I had a very traumatic event and I don’t know if I can fully disclose all the details of that event due to security concerns. But I can tell you that I had a close encounter in which I thought I would die.”, Ocasio Cortez said during a live broadcast via Instagram about what he described as an attack on democracy led by white supremacist groups and fueled by President Donald Trump and members of Congress.

Hours before the vote in the federal lower house to impeach the president of the United States to incite the insurrection, Congresswoman Ocasio Cortez – elected by New York’s 14th District and as the new Liberal Democrat star constantly targeted by the attacks of Trump and his allies. , stated that “It’s no exaggeration to say that many, many, members of Congress were nearly killed.”

“It is no exaggeration to say so. We were lucky that things happened in certain minutes that allowed members to escape the chamber without suffering any damage. But, many of us barely escaped death,” he added.

After the attack on Congress by mobs of Trump supporters, which caused five deaths and disrupted the constitutional process of counting polling station votes, Ocasio Cortez, who has begun his second term of two years in the federal lower house, he spent several hours without using his social media.

The congresswoman highlighted the heroic exercise of federal Capitol police, stressing that black or ethnic minority agents had to face “white supremacists.” But, he also said it has been evident that there were police officers who collaborated with the mobs.

“Not knowing if a cop is there to help you or hurt you is very traumatic,” to state, by stating that from before the attack he had the perception that “something was wrong.”

Ocasio Cortez renewed his mandate because in addition to proposing the removal of Trump and trying to prevent the Senate from re-running for president, members of Congress who fanned the mobs and sought to annul votes of the electoral college will be sanctioned, as will House Republican minority leaders Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise, and Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley.

“That’s how democracy can burn. It’s fragile. We have to appreciate it. And they didn’t. And they don’t. Then they need to leave. Donald Trump needs to leave. Ted Cruz needs to leave. Josh Hawley needs to go …. If they had some integrity … after their lies about this election, they would return their congressional pin … They will never have the respect of this country, never , never, and they have to give up, “he said.

Contrary to others, Ocasio Cortez noted that he avoided going to the “safe place” congressmen were taken to because he included Republicans. “White Supremacists”, Believers in the discredited theory of the QAnon group or that in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic did not wear masks.

“I didn’t feel safe,” Ocasio Cortez said. He further indicated that he was concerned that any Republican congressman might disclose where he was or create opportunities for him to be “injured or kidnapped.”

Three House Democrats who took refuge in a hall next to Republicans who did not wear masks tested positive for coronavirus.

In her own webcast, Democratic Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (New Jersey) said Republicans in Congress gave a tour of the Capitol the day before to people who took part in the attack.

Ocasio Cortez described as cowards the three members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet who have preferred to resign before asking to declare that the White House tenant is disqualified from directing U.S. destinies. “The blood of these five people is in their hands,” he argued, referring to the fatalities of the Capitol assault.

The Puerto Rican congresswoman said that as part of the attack on democracy, it was shocking that the Confederate flag was flown inside the Capitol for the first time, which never happened even during the American Civil War.